It was El Rufau who threw this out there, bringing it to the front burner. He had said in a speech that they had four years...
In a traditional wedding ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, tied the knot with his heartthrob, Dinma Fortune. This is happening less...
Today the ministers had a valedictory gathering with President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.By now,the President and his inner caucus must be...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Wednesday made promises to corps members including his readiness to die rather than lose any...
Japan’s Panasonic on Thursday said it would stop supplying some components to Huawei, joining a growing list of firms distancing themselves from the Chinese telecoms giant...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said over N100 million had been released to some Nigerian Universities to carry out research in telecommunications and Information Communication...
The National Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was besieged by a group of aggrieved protesters who called on the electoral body to release...
Customs operatives attached to the Federal Operations Unit in Lagos have seized two containers of donkey hides valued at N15 billion. This was disclosed by the...
Six persons were trapped on Wednesday under a collapsed four-storey building at No. 7, Ezenwa Street, Onitsha, Anambra state. According to sources, the building which was...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Bayelsa State governor Seriake Dickson as the new Chairman of its governors’ forum replacing Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe...
Nigerian playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari-led government not to dismiss the recent warning on security by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Noble...
In an effort to end the ragging crisis between herdsmen and farmers, the Federal government said it has begun the process to create a radio station...
Two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), identified simply as Abioye and Bayegunni, who were abducted on Sunday by gunmen along the Ilesha/Akure Expressway,...
Following her withdrawal from the presidential tribunal petition panel, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Appeal Court President, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, saying her decision...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a message to all those desiring to become the next governor of Bayelsa State, advising them on what their paramount...
There is no doubt that the race to the ninth House of Representatives is taking a new turning daily as an Abuja Division of the Federal...
Apparently worried by the condition of workers in the state, Kogi state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday, engaged the state governor, Yahaya Bello...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he respects the judiciary and will at all time abide by their decisions. He stated this on Wednesday at an...
A federal high court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday convicted eight illegal dealers of petroleum products. In a judgment by Justice Fatun Riman, the illegal dealers...
Following the ‘sit-at-home’ order given to the people of south-east region by the Indigenous People of Biafra on May 30, Anambra State Police Command has warned...
Two parties, Labour Party and the Peoples Progressive Party, PPP, have withdrawn their petitions against the reelection of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The Rivers...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, on Wednesday, insisted that only state police can tackle the current rising state of insecurity in the country. Read also: House...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has said Nigeria must be prepared for the next global economic crisis. Emefiele stated this on...
Ten communities affected by an oil well fire in Ondo State has demanded for $2.5 billion as compensation from Chevron Nigeria Limited. The fire incident, which...
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has been elected as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum. During their meeting late Wednesday in Abuja, the 36 governors...
It has been revealed that eight persons have, between the months of January and May, died at the Mbawa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Benue....
World Football governing body, FIFA has dropped its plans to expand the number of teams to contest the 2022 edition of the World Cup billed to...
Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, has clarified that Nigeria’s assets in the United Kingdom are not at risk of being seized over judgment fine....
A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ejike Nwankwo, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom state police command for alleged illegal possession of...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 18 male sailors, including one Indian, for allegedly attempting to illegally export stolen crude oil to Ghana. Executive Officer, Nigerian Navy...
A former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, Adesina Ogunlana, on Wednesday collapsed in the dock during arraignment by the Economic and Financial...
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday at the Court of Appeal recused herself from being a member of the Presidential...
Just days to the May 29 inauguration, governorship candidate of Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) Abdulkarim Abdussalam has withdrawn his petition challenging Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s victory...
It was a narrow escape for Sen. Osita Izunaso, the third defendant in the ongoing certificate of return suit filed by Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo,...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday turned down a bill requesting for the reform of Nigerian police. The lawmakers at the lower chamber refused to pass...
Contrary to claims by defense counsel of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola better known as Naira Marley in court that he is a first time offender, findings...
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, are set on a collision course over the crisis...
The Nigerian Senate was on Wednesday told that life has become “brutish and worthless” in Rivers State as people are being “killed, kidnapped or abducted at...
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has passed a bill to create additional emirate known as the Bazai Emirate. The house passed the bill on Wednesday...
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Kuta, has declared that the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is not the kind of president Nigeria...
Theresa May is under pressure to ditch her Brexit deal and quit as prime minister after a final attempt to win over members of Parliament backfired....
The arraignment of the Speaker of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Wednesday in Abuja, was stalled...
There are indications that Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson is currently canvassing for Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki as the next chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF)....
At least two lives were claimed and 12 others injured on Wednesday after a car exploded near a checkpoint in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. This came...
Niger-Delta Intellectual Front (NDIF) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) as sponsors of militants who recently vowed to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his ministers should continue working until Tuesday May 28, when they would hand over their schedules to the permanent secretaries...
Worried by the Federal Government’s move to pay trillions of naira to unelected local government council officials, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has dragged the Minister of...
A Nigerian journalist based in Bayelsa State, Jones Abiri, has been hit with a terrorism charge by the federal government. Counsel to the journalist, Samuel Ogala,...
Two members-elect of Kaduna State House of Assembly have both lost their Certificates of Return after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday withdrew the...
A federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned a case seeking the prosecution of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed over...
